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Recent Examples of outwardly
While outwardly identical, the two 14-inch laptops have very different processors.
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Michael J. Miller,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Though outwardly still the same elegant, uncomplicated maison by the sea, things had actually changed beyond recognition.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Or, at least, not outwardly reacting.
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Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
The film is an outwardly edgy indie with a soft-hearted Hollywood sensibility.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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Michael J. Miller,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Though outwardly still the same elegant, uncomplicated maison by the sea, things had actually changed beyond recognition.
—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Or, at least, not outwardly reacting.
—
Alex Zalben,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
The film is an outwardly edgy indie with a soft-hearted Hollywood sensibility.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for outwardly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
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In effect, markets will attempt to reconstruct externally the visibility that formal reporting once provided more systematically.
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Additionally, poor gut health may impair nutrient absorption and increase systemic inflammation, which Sahaya notes can manifest externally on the skin.
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The defense attorney's opening remarks were disrupted as Pino continued to visibly react, and the jurors left the courtroom, with opening statements resuming the following day.
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Other videos show visibly terrified students streaming out of the school campus, some holding and embracing each other.
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That pace has seemingly left lawmakers attempting to put in guardrails fighting a losing battle.
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When Lucerys refuses, Aemond chases Lucerys on his dragon, seemingly meaning to injure him rather than kill him, but his dragon, Vhagar, delivers a fatal blow to Rhaenyra’s son.
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The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said.
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Even GOATs get butterflies, apparently.
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That rough outing ultimately proved costly, but the Pirates evidently saw enough upside in Marte's arm to give him another chance.
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More importantly, Suzuka marked both the end and beginning of a chapter for the young team, which evidently had a lot of work to do before heading to the United States.
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While the point of the World Cup is ostensibly to crown a world champion, and the only way to do that is through knockout games that eliminate the rest of the field, the group games are the true joy of the tournament.
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An entertainment industry executive told the outlet that there will be a gathering of 100 or so people on July 2—ostensibly, the wedding ceremony itself.
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
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But leaders at United Auto Workers (UAW), the primary US union for autoworkers, reacted with anger to the new robotic presence, given how GM has not yet called back any of the workers affected by supposedly temporary layoffs in March.
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In those pages, Fiedler dared to argue that many of America’s boyish and putatively innocent classics are in fact fantasies of interracial, homosexual romance.
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But with supposedly or putatively race-neutral methods, for 100 years, the right to vote was denied.
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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